Join us online for our membership meeting on Tuesday, August 11 at 4:00 pm - tea time! In this event co-hosted by the Murfreesboro branch of the AAUW and the MTSU President’s Commission on the Status of Women, we’ll be celebrating the centennial of women’s suffrage. Bring a cup of tea or your favorite beverage and enjoy a lively, virtual discussion of Elaine Weiss’s, The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, which chronicles the critical last six weeks of the battle for women’s right to vote in the Tennesseee State Legislature.
The book follows the activists who led the decades-long fight to grant women the right to vote and sheds light on how close the battle to ratify the 19th Amendment really was. The story celebrates those who changed history and laid the foundation for the civil rights movement that came decades later. Amblin TV (Steven Spielberg) has optioned the book for a TV mini-series or movie.
Get in the Spirit
Bring you own cup of tea or other favorite beverage. And if you like, wear a hat or other period-inspired fashion.
Also, help us plan and spread the word by sharing, inviting, and responding to the event on Facebook.
Get the Book
Bookshop (supporting all local bookstores online).
A version of the book for young readers is also available - learn more here.
Our local library also has the book, both in print and in digital format.
Get Ready for Discussion
We’ll be using this readers guide.
Learn more about the author and the book in this story on NPR.
Join us - here’s the Zoom info
Rutherford Arts Alliance is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Tea Time and The Woman's Hour Book Talk
Time: Aug 11, 2020 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Member meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday of the month and are free and open to the public. Why not invite a friend? We make an effort to hold meetings at different times of day and (when we’re not virtual) different locations across Rutherford County to accommodate as many people as we can. We also want to showcase the breadth and depth of cultural heritage resources available.
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If you would like to host a meeting later in 2020, please let us know. Once we resume physical meetings, the facility should be able to fit 50-60 people.
Image credit for woman pouring tea: Pixabay/jillwellington
